A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer checks a traveler’s documents at Hollywood Burbank Airport on October 1, 2025 in Burbank, California, USA.
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The New York Times reported Friday that the Transportation Security Administration is providing U.S. immigration officials with the names of all air travelers as part of the Trump administration’s broader deportation program.
Several times a week, TSA provides Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a list of travelers it expects to pass through the airport, the Times reported.
“ICE can check that list against its own database of people eligible for deportation and send officers to airports to detain these people,” the newspaper said.
ICE and TSA are both divisions of the Department of Homeland Security.
“This is nothing new,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC about the Times report.
“Back in February, Secretary (Kristi) Noem reversed a horrific Biden-era policy that allowed our foreign nationals to illegally fly around our country on jets without identification,” the spokesperson said. “Under President Trump, TSA and DHS will no longer tolerate this. This administration is working diligently to ensure that aliens who enter our country illegally are no longer able to board a plane unless they voluntarily leave.”
The newspaper said it was unclear how many people were arrested as a result of the TSA’s information sharing.
But the newspaper said it had obtained documents showing the program arrested Eny Lucía López-Belloza, a college student, at Boston’s Logan Airport on Nov. 20 and deported her to Honduras two days later. Lopez was on her way to visit family in Texas for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Times previously reported that Ms. Lopez, who was brought to the United States from Honduras when she was 7 years old, said her family did not know she was subject to a deportation order.
